12/07/1936 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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65 MEETING Dece�ber 7, 1936 Regular meeting of the Board o�' Public Safety was held on R4onday, December 7, 1936, at 9:00 .�. M. Allmmembers tivere present. rv�inui;es o� the previous meeting were read and approved. Requisitions in the Fire Departnent nurnbers 03572 to 03577 and in the Police Department numbers 266 to 286, inclusive, ��ere approved. Claims, from the follo�ving suppliers, amounting to �1,2Q8,S� were approved and ordered paid, _also payroll of the various departments f'or the month of December amounting to �33,888.27. Ind. Bell Telephone Co. �17.40 Ind. Paint �C Vdallpaper Co. �110.50 Ind. Bell Telephone Co. 5.10 Indiana & Mich. Elec. Co. 28.26 G. 0. Thurn for Indiana 8c l�Jlich. Elec. Co. 46.46 B. J. McCaffery, P.M. 28.00 No. Ind. Public Serv. Co. 1.00 Banks-Baldtivin Lava Pub. Co. 10.00 No. Ind. Public Serv. Co. 34.64 Gafill Oil Co. 13.32 William Fre�h .53 Gafill Oil Co. 453.47 Firestone �uto Supply 2.50 Gafill Oil Co. 26.95 General Tire Co. , Inc. 107.06 G2�'ill Oil Co. 33.60 J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co. 10.66 G�fill Oil Co. 10.36 Simon Brothers, Inc. 5.75 Slick-Ideal Launclries 3.25 Simon Brothers, Inc. 16.00 St. Joseph's Hospital 66.50 So. Bend ti�'holesale Drug Co. 10�.20 The Reliance Pharmacy .80 So. Bend VJholesale Drug Co. 1.50 Gener�l Sheet Metal �Norks 3.61 So. Bend Electric Co. , Inc. �4�..81 General Sheet Metal VJorks 3.31 The Gamev,Tell Co. 2a,27 The Office �gineers, Inc. 7.30 The Gamev�rell Co. 2a-.1� The Office Eagineers, Inc. 1.50 E. R. Newl�.nd Co. 8.70 South Bend Clean Totivel Serv. 1.00 So. Bend Sand & Gr�vel Corp. 1.00 South Bend, Clean Towel Serv. 8.75 Ault Camer� Shop 2�.27 G. E. Meyer & Son, Inc. 3.49 FIRE DEPARTPr?ENT - Chief Freeh present: The Board took definite action in regard to V�lentine Jablonski and decided to fine him two weekst pay for neglect of duty, as outlined in the previous minutes. Offieer Jablonski re-instated in the Fire Department as of December 9th. Applications for position as fire�an of Melvin S. Ferguson, colored, and l�rthur E. �'Jalter ��rere presented to the Board and ordered placed on file. , ELECTRTCIiL DEPAR�i�i�NT - I��r. �;ualls present: Matters pertaining to the operation of the Electrical Department v:ere discussed �+iith l�lr. �,ualls. POLICE DEPARTMENT - Chief Lane present: The exanination for re-instater.ient to the Police Department of John I. Northrup ti��as submitted by Dr. Pauszek and it was found that he did not pass the examindtion for reasons given on his application. Representatives of the National Safety Council, in the persons of Paul Hofflnan, H. E. Bolt, John Gibbons and Conrad Ad�sns , were present to consult with the Board regarding the installation of traffic signals at Cushing, J'ohnson, Wilber and Olive Streets. After thoroughly discussing the matter, the Board agreed to investigate the possibility of obtaining sufficient funds for the installation of these lights. The Chief brought up the sub jec�L of netiv cars for next year and, after a discussion of the mat�er, the Board a�ain instructed the Chief to bring in his recomr.iendations as to the kind of equipment best fitted for the department for tne Board�s final approval. Officer Ernest i.�iller presented his report of the condition of the parking regulation in the 200 b1ocY ZVest Jefferson Stree� and recommended that fifteen minute regulations be not established at 225 ti'lest J'efferson Street. The Board concurred in this report and instructed the Secretary to notify I�,-ir. Powers of its action. The Chief submitted report of the Police Radio activi�ies for the montn of Nover�'per, ti��hich re�oort is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety.